Improved washing-machine



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*MARTIN erLANDEus, or JAY, New Yoan.

Letters Patent No. 105,444, dated July 19,V 1870.

IMPRovED WASHING-MACHINE.

The` Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same To all` whom it may concernt Beit known that I, MARTIN RFLaN-Duns, of the town of Jay, in the countyof Essex, in, t-he'State of New York, have inventedcertain Improvements` in `Washing-lldachines, ci' which the following isa speciiication. i

y The object of this invention is to 'introduce to the public a oheapand durahlejmachine, that is easily y y worked, not liable to get out of repair, and, if out of order, is easily put in reapair again; A machine that can be'secnrely attached "to and"` held in` place upon a bench or door, and that can -be brought Vin such contact wtlrthe clothes cr other' things bcing'washcd that every part of `allthe articles being washed will be acted upon by the operating devices; and

Itconsists in the construction of a center spindle Y and swivel, with 'its attachments, in such manner as' to accomplish the object above.A stated. l Inthe drawings- Figure 1 is an upright sectional view of the ma 4Figure 2 is an enlarged view of thc center spindle,

swivel, and holding devices..`

A represents a vessel or common wash-tub, having .B is the centerspmdle, and is securely attached to bottom A' of tubA, `by means of a screw-bolt at they lowerl end, which is of lessdiameter than the spindle, and passes through thesupporting-washer 1),' on the ,upperside of the bottom A', `through the bottom 1A and washer' b', where nut b" is screwed on to a thread on the spindle B rmly against washer b', which holds the spindlev firmly in an upright and central position in thetub A.

Below-the` screw-thread that nut b" screws into, and

extending below the bottomends of the stares that form the sides ofthe tub A, is a pivoted screw,` c. The purpose of this extended screw c is, that after the center spindle is firmly attached to the tub A, as above dcscribed,`the screw can, by turning the tub, be made to enter into the top of a bench, plank, or iioor, so that the machine,'when` in operation, will. not be moved from its place, and remain` firm in its position until intentionally detached from the oor4 orbench'.

At a suitable height above the bottom'A' of the `tub or vessel, on center spindle B, is a shoulder, g, and above that a swivel-pin, e, is formed, and in suclrmanner that the yoke orswivel O, having the bottom f and cross-piecef, maybe' placed thereon and secured by a'washer and head, g'. i

Inserted betweenthe two armsof-swivel O is a hand-lever, D, pivotcd centrally to the arms C at a.

This hand-leverD can be adjusted to different heights by changingthc pivot-pin in the arms() to any desired point.

On either side of the center or pivoted point of' lever D are mortises, d, in which are placed and piv.- oted therein, at d', the upper ends of. uprights E E.

The uprights E E are firmly attached at their bottom ends to the heads or Dressers F F, and by which the heads or pressers arc alternately raised and forced downward, and, in order to bring the heads or pressers to act upon all the clothes, and at all points of the vessel ror tub, the hand-lever, with the swivel-yoke 0,: turns freely around on swivel-piu e,`v so that thc pressers or heads will vbe brought into contact with all parts ofthe vessel or tub'andv the articles to be washed therein.

The operation ofthe machine isy as follows:

After it has been made fast to a bench, plank, plat-V form, or floor, by turning screw cinto the same, the' Ahand-lever placed in and pivoted to swivell C, the uprights E E, with the heads orpressers attached in place, the hand-lever is raised at one end, which raises the head on that side, and forces the other head or presser down, when the raised end of the" lever is, in

turn, forced down, and with it the head or presser on Vthat side, and, as the lever-is continued in such motion,

thepressers or heads F F act alternately to press the water from the clothes in the vessel or tub, which motion is continued until the clothes or articles in the vessel or tub are properly cleansed.

By this machine the clothes are speedily washed, and by such motion that no wear upon the most delicate iibrous structure is perceived, no buttons rubbed off, or the substance of the material washed away, as the dirt is expelled with the water by pressure.

Having thus described my invention, v

\Vhat I claim, andzdesire to` secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The pivoted screw c on the lower end of spindle B, when attached to and in combination with a washing1nachine,`in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The center spindle B, with swivel-pin e, in com- 

